Editing Joe Diffie (section)

===1997–1998: ''Twice Upon a Time'' and ''Greatest Hits''===
''[[Twice Upon a Time (Joe Diffie album)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' followed in 1997. Its singles all failed to make the top 10 on the country charts, with lead-off "[[This Is Your Brain]]" reaching number 25, followed by "[[Somethin' Like This]]" at number 40 and "The Promised Land" at number 61, the lowest-peaking single of his career.<ref name="whitburn" /> The album also failed to achieve a gold certification. Doug Virden and Drew Womack, who then recorded on Epic in the band [[Sons of the Desert (band)|Sons of the Desert]], sang backing vocals on it.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Twice Upon a Time |others=Joe Diffie |year=1997 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Epic Records |id=67693}}</ref> Also included on the album was "I Got a Feelin'", which [[Tracy Lawrence]] previously recorded on his 1994 album ''[[I See It Now]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I See It Now |others=Tracy Lawrence |year=1994 |type=cassette |publisher=Atlantic Records |id=82656}}</ref> Jeffrey B. Remz criticized the two novelty songs on ''Twice Upon a Time'' for lacking substance, and thought that most of the ballads were well-sung, but that the production "lacks any soul."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=1423|title=''Twice Upon a Time'' review|last=Remz|first=Jeffrey B.|work=Country Standard Time|access-date=July 20, 2010}}</ref> Owens said that it "doesn't offer anything new or especially remarkable from Joe Diffie."<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r260000|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Twice Upon a Time'' review|last=Owens|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|access-date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

In mid-1998, Epic Records released Diffie's ''[[Greatest Hits (Joe Diffie album)|Greatest Hits]]'' package, which featured three new cuts. Among these were "[[Texas Size Heartache]]", and its B-side, "Poor Me", which respectively reached numbers four and 43 on the country charts. At the end of the year, Diffie recorded a cover of [[Charlie Rich]]'s "[[Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)|Behind Closed Doors]]" for the multiple-artist album ''[[A Tribute to Tradition]]'' on Columbia Records. Diffie's version of the song peaked at number 64 based on unsolicited airplay.<ref name="whitburn" /> He also contributed to another cut on that album, "Same Old Train", which featured [[Marty Stuart]] and 11 other country music singers. This song peaked at 59 on the country charts and won the 1999 [[Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals]] for all artists involved.<ref>Whitburn, p. 367</ref>